Had a long talk with Vincent_blackshadow's wife. He's doing better. They were going to take the endotracheal tube (breathing tube) out yesterday but decided to leave it in for a while as a precaution. He is on dialysis three times a week, because the infection went from his lungs to his kidneys, but that may end soon. So, all in all, slow but positive progress.I had this shiat (MRSA) and it is no joke. At the worst they told my wife to make funeral arrangements. Cancer, heart disease and the like can be prevented and treated but medical science has no clue about this stuff. It comes out of nowhere, hits the perfectly healthy, and a fact that they'd like to keep hidden, kills most victims. Death rate is about 30% during the first 30 days. Bad, bad odds, much worse than most anything else, and I think that the mortality rate is understated I was lucky that I had a world class infectious disease doctor on my case. He calls me his "once in a life time miracle patient". I will need to take oral antibiotics for the rest of my life and get a monthly blood test.

Vincent is one of the lucky ones. His wife is reading these posts to him so post your good wishes and snark here. He's over the hump, but let me tell you, his recovery will be long and hard.

Fondle My Sweaters:Holy crap...this is the first I'm hearing about this. That's terrifying. Vincent_blackshadow is a great guy, and I'm glad he's doing better. I'll keep both him and his wife in my thoughts.

smells_like_meat:BTW if anyone here asks for naked pictures of yourself, send them a picture of your elbow. They wont know the difference.

Then take that picture and place it in a folder, then zip the folder, then place the zipped folder in another folder and zip that. Do that about 20 times, it's like a Russian nesting egg of failure for the creepy men of TF.

smells_like_meat:Had a long talk with Vincent_blackshadow's wife. He's doing better. They were going to take the endotracheal tube (breathing tube) out yesterday but decided to leave it in for a while as a precaution. He is on dialysis three times a week, because the infection went from his lungs to his kidneys, but that may end soon. So, all in all, slow but positive progress.I had this shiat (MRSA) and it is no joke. At the worst they told my wife to make funeral arrangements. Cancer, heart disease and the like can be prevented and treated but medical science has no clue about this stuff. It comes out of nowhere, hits the perfectly healthy, and a fact that they'd like to keep hidden, kills most victims. Death rate is about 30% during the first 30 days. Bad, bad odds, much worse than most anything else, and I think that the mortality rate is understated I was lucky that I had a world class infectious disease doctor on my case. He calls me his "once in a life time miracle patient". I will need to take oral antibiotics for the rest of my life and get a monthly blood test.

Vincent is one of the lucky ones. His wife is reading these posts to him so post your good wishes and snark here. He's over the hump, but let me tell you, his recovery will be long and hard.

WTF Indeed:smells_like_meat: BTW if anyone here asks for naked pictures of yourself, send them a picture of your elbow. They wont know the difference.

Then take that picture and place it in a folder, then zip the folder, then place the zipped folder in another folder and zip that. Do that about 20 times, it's like a Russian nesting egg of failure for the creepy men of TF.

"Russian nesting egg of failure for the creepy men of TF" is the name of my Tatu cover band.

And get well soon, V_B. Next time I'm down in LA I'll take you out for a beer.

I'm sorry you contracted MRSA. On the plus side, the antibiotics they've been giving you have almost certainly cleared up that chlamydia by now. As soon as they pull the catheter, it shouldn't burn anymore when you pee. So you've got that going for you. Which is nice.

BTW the antibiotic that I must take everyday's price has gone from $5 a month to $60 overnight, with insurance. Bastards. Better than dieing but I should have taken up meth, the manufacturers are likely more honest.

Fondle My Sweaters:Holy crap...this is the first I'm hearing about this. That's terrifying. Vincent_blackshadow is a great guy, and I'm glad he's doing better. I'll keep both him and his wife in my thoughts.

I chipped in because it drove me to tears to just imagine my own husband in that situation. FishWife, you are one of my heroines; bless you hundreds of times and I am so, so happy to read the happy news.

Quick reminder for everyone who might be interesting in donating towards v_b's hospital bills, and who missed the first thread about this:

we do have a PayPal account set up to receive donations. We've managed to raise enough since Saturday to cover the deductible, but any of you who have experience with illness know that there are a ton of incidental costs which insurance and Disability just won't cover. If you have a few shekels laying around, please consider sending them over tovb­lack­shad­owf­u­n­d­rai­se­rli­am­g­com (please note that you can't copy/paste an email address from Fark, and also please send it as a "gift" or "personal" to minimize the fee PP takes from every transaction.